Our Farm

Monday, June 14, 2010

The Beginning of Summer 2010

A LOT has happened since I last blogged!  Where do I begin?

John got laid off just after his birthday (in April) so we've been in limbo for a month and a half not sure if we should move up to the farm or stay where we're at.  John was offered a job up in Blaine through the Skagit Valley Casino, but after much thought and discussion he turned it down (it would have meant moving up to the farm).  Soon thereafter he had a bunch of interviews and he landed a 6 month contracting position for Disney!  Today is his first day on the job.  We're hoping that Disney will like him enough that they'll hire him on directly.  If not, it'll be back to job searching again in 6 months...just in time for Christmas.

One of the reasons we decided to stay where we're it is because I have decided to go back to school!  My plan is to take my AA transfer degree and prerequisites at Edmonds Community College and apply for Bastyr University's midwifery program in January.  From what I was told by Bastyr's admissions is that it's hard to get in, so my grades need to be the best possible if I'm even going to be looked at.  Yikes!  I'm nervous but also excited.

Since we have chosen to stay where we're at and I'm going to go back to school, we have made the tough decision to sell the farm.  I think it will hit the boys the hardest.  I wish there was some way to explain it to them that wouldn't hurt so much, but there isn't.  They love playing there SO MUCH!  John and I don't want to let it go, either, but God is showing me that that WAS a season in our life and that season has come to a close.  It's time to let it go and say hello to the new season and what it has in store for us.  Our plan is to re-roof the barns and then put it on the market.

The boys had their last day of school on Thursday.  My goal over the summer is to teach Jaxon how to read.  So far he's just memorizing the words, but I'm hoping he'll begin sounding out the words on his own like I've been showing him.  Jaxon begins Kindergarten in the fall at a new school and Brycen will be attending a different pre-school (not sure where or which one!) as well.  Both will still receive some speech therapy when school begins again on a weekly basis.  So for the summer I'm hoping to utilize the Children's Museum, YMCA, local parks, and the library as much as possible!  Somewhere in there I'll need to figure out what to do with all the things we're bringing back from the farm.

Here's to a great summer before the new chapter in our lives begins!

1 comment:

  1. Oh yeah! I have a birth doula client for the summer! :)

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